Slicing machine



Oct. 1, 1946. I W O 2,408,717

" SLICING MACHINE Filed April 12, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FlG. I

INVENTOR. GEORGE R. WOOD Oct. 1, 1946. G. RQWOOD 2,403,717

- I SLICING MACHINE Filed April 12, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ila. v v I l Ma.

INVENTOR.

GEORGE R. WOOD ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 1, 19 45 sulNG MACHINE r 1 a corporation of New Jersey I J Application April f2, 1943, Serial o. 482,768

This invention'relates'to" slicing machines of v the type in which a commodity to be sliced is re-- ciprocated past an exposed edge of a .rotary circular knife, a slice of commodity. being severed during each stroke, and morefparticularly to strate the invention and are not intended to immeans for deflecting such-severed slices away from the rear face of the knife ontofslice receivingmeans or into position to be gripped ,by the operator.

It is an object of this invention to provide slice deflector whichis easily removableinorder to expose the rear face of the rotary circular knife to facilitate cleaning. I

It is another object of this invention to provide a slice deflector, the mounted positionof which can be adjusted with respect to the rear face of the cutting knif to bring the edges of the deflector into close proximity thereto.

It is a further objectof this invention to provide a slice deflector which is mounted on .a slicing machine and held thereon by a mounting means which does notform any projection or obstruction on the external surface of thejslice defiectorn; i

More speciflc. objects and advantages are apparent, from the description, in which reference is hadto the accompanying drawings illustrating apreferred form of machine embodying theinvention.

In the drawings:

Fig. I is a fragmentary view, in elevation, of a "moder style slicing machine incorporating a slice deflector embodying the invention.

Fig. H is a fragmentary view, in elevation, .35

taken from the right side of Fig. I.

Fig. III is a fragmentary view, taken substantially from the position shown by the line III-III in Fig. II.

Fig. IV is a fragmentary detailed view, in section, taken substantially on the line IV-IV of Fig. II.

Fig. V is a fragmentary view, in perspective, of

the latching means shown in Fig. IV.

Fig. VI is a view similar to Fig. I but of a different type of slicing machine incorporating a deflector embodying a modification of the invention.

Fig. VII is a fragmentary view, in elevation, 50

taken from the right side of Fig. VI.

Fig. VIII is a fragmentary vertical sectional view, taken substantially on' the line VIIIVIII of Fig. VII.

2 Claims. (01. lit-102i 1 thehousing II.

broken away. V

These specific drawings and the specific description that follows merely disclose and 1lluspose limitations upon the claims. I

A slicing machine, with which a deflector embodying the invention is adapted to be used, may.

housing If containing mechanism for driving a rotary circular knife I2. A gauge plate I3 serves to gauge the thickness of slices of commodity to be severed by the knife I2. A deflector I4,"which,

in the embodiment shown, has an exterior con- 5 tour conforming to the contour of the remaining parts of the slicing machine adjacent which it is mounted, is located at the rear of the rotary circular knife I2 to deflect slices of commodity onto the upper surface of a slice-receiving platter 20 I5 mounted below and at the rear of the gauge plate I3.

A pair of ears I6 extend horizontallyrearwardly from the inner surface of the deflector I4 through two apertures II in a front wall I8 of Near the rearmost end of each of.theears I6 there is riveted a button I9 which has a shanki2ll of.smaller diameter than the '30. angle bracket 22 has its vertical flange bolted to the inner face of the wall I8 of the housing II and its horizontally-turned flange is located immediately behind the two apertures I! in the wall I8. Two openings 23 are cut in the corner of the plate 22 immediately behind the apertures I1. Each of the openings 23 comprises a wide shallow slot 24, cut in the vertical flange of the bracket 22, and a narrow curved slot 25, cut in the horizontal flange of the bracket 22 and blending into the slot 24 at the corner of the angle.

The buttons I9 are engaged in the openings 23 by inserting their fiat heads 2I through the slots 24 and engaging their shanks 20 with the narrower curved slots 25 and then sliding the entire deflector and its ears I6, with the buttons I9,

forwardly toward the rear of the knife I2 to move the shanks 20 to the limits of the slots 25 as shown in Fig. IV.

The curved slots 25-of the openings 23 thus limit the movement of the deflector plate I4 toward the rear of the knife I2 and also, due to their curved shape, pull the deflector snugly into position adjacent the wall I8 of the housing II.

Fig. IX is a detailed view, in elevation, taken The position of the deflector I4, relative to the from theleft side of Fig. VIII, certainparts being knife I2, may be adjusted by varying the position of two bolts 26 which extend through counterbored holes 21 in the wall I8 of the housing II and hold the angle bracket 22 in place. By loosening the bolts 25, and shifting them in the enlarged counterbored holes 27, the position of the angle bracket 22, and. thus the deflector [4, may be adjusted to make the edge of the deflector. [4 parallel to the rear face of the knife [2 and also to Vary the space between such edge and such face.

A lower portion 28 of the deflector I4 also" serves to guard a small portion of the rotary circular knife I2 which is located below the. edge of the gauge plate 53, as can be seen in Fig, III; The portion 28 of the deflector l4 cooperates with a tab 29 extending downwardly from a knife guarding means 30 located over the forward face of the knife l2. This provision of a portion of the deflector id to serve as a guard for part of the knife i2 results in the exposure of a larger portion of the knife for cleaning when thede flector is removed from the machine. The deflector may be removed by means of a vertical hold 3! formed near its edge.

The slicing machine shown in Figs. VI, VII, VIII and IX is designed along less modern lines than that shown inFigs. I through V but similarly' comprises a base tea, knife drive housing means Ila, a rotary circular knife [2a, a gauge plate H311 and a deflector Ida which serves to deflect slices of commodity severed by the knife lZa onto a slice-receiving platter l'a. The defl'ector Ma is mounted on the slicing machine the deflector in position. with the pin 34a engaged inthe hole 35a.

The pin 3dr: isstaked' into a small L shaped bracket plate 3811 which is securedon a forward face SBaof the drive housingmeans I la by means The. pin 35a has an annular groove 38a cut in its shank which is engageable by a spring clip 37a riveted on the rear of the deflector Ma to hold? of two machine screws 40a which pass through enlarged holes Ma in the bracket plate 33a and are studded into the face 39a of the drive housing means Ha.

By loosening the machine screws 40a and adjusting the position of the bracket plate 38a, the position of the pin 3411,- and thus of the deflector 14c when the pin 34a is engaged inthe hole 35a, may be adjusted with respect to the knife In to. vary the proximity of the deflector Ida to the knife.

In both of the above structures there is embodied the. applicants invention, the deflector plate. in each case being held on the machine by fl'ector comprising a stud projecting from said housing substantially perpendicular to the plane of the knife, and a second stud disposed perpendicularly to said first stud and mounted in a member attached to said housing and adjustable along a line parallel to said first stud' and means on said deflector plate for engaging said studs.

2. In a slicing machine having a frame; a rotary circular knife; a slice receiving platter and a deflector plate, an adjustable separable deflector plate mounting for supporting the deflector plate from the frame, said separable mounting comprising a firstmember that is adjustably secured to the frame ofithe machine and that has notches opening toward the deflector plate and extending first backward away from the plate and then continuing at right angles thereto in a direction. toward the rotary knife, and second members attached to the deflector plate and having constricted shank-like:- portions that are engageable: in the notches by movement ofthe de'-- fiector plate first. towardthe frame: and" then to ward-theknife to hold the'deflector plate infix'ed' relation to the first member.

GEQRGE' R; WOOD. 

